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Tabular Properties
You can use the Tabular Properties dialog box to edit the properties of a tabular. This topic describes the properties in the dialog box.
This topic contains the following sections:
You see these elements on both tabs:
OK
Select to apply any changes you made here and close the dialog box.
Cancel
Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.
Help
Select to view information about the dialog box.
General Tab Properties
Specify the general properties of the tabular.
Name
Specify the display name of the tabular.
Show NLS Value
Select to show the translated name for the display name of the object in the Name text box if you have enabled the NLS feature and translated it, and when you have not modified the display name of the object.
Vertical Auto Size
Select true to automatically adjust the tabular height according to the size of the components in the tabular.
Horizontal Auto Size
Select true to automatically adjust the tabular width according to the size of the components in the tabular.
Position
Select the position mode of the object when it is directly contained in the report body, a tabular cell, or a text box.
- Absolute
Select if you want to use the X and Y property values to decide the object's position. - Static
Select if you want to place the object at the default location in its container. Server will hide or disable the X, Y, and other position-related properties.
X
Specify the X coordinate of the tabular.
Y
Specify the Y coordinate of the tabular.
Width
Specify the width of the tabular.
Height
Specify the height of the tabular.
Background
Specify the background color of the tabular.
To change the color, select the color indicator to access the Select Color dialog box, and then specify a new color. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value to specify a color, for example, #9933ff. If you want to make the background transparent, type Transparent in the text box.
Others Tab Properties
Configure some miscellaneous settings.
TOC Anchor
Select true if you want to add the object to the TOC tree in the TOC Browser.
Suppress When No Records
Select true if you want to hide the object in the report when no record returns to its parent data component.
Export to XLS
Select true if you want to export the object when you save the report as an XLS file (make sure to check Data Format in the Export dialog box).
Export to CSV
Select true if you want to export the object when you save the report as a TXT file with Delimited Format.